THE BLOOMINGTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES MAJOR COLLABORATION WITH
​EARLY MUSIC AMERICA

The Bloomington Early Music Festival (BLEMF) and the Historical Performance Institute (HPI) at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music are pleased to announce a major partnership with Early Music America (EMA) this year that includes an innovative series of performances by emerging artists and college ensembles from across the United States and Canada.

Marking 25 years since the founding of the Bloomington Early Music Festival, this year’s celebration overlaps with the third annual conference on Historical Performance: Theory, Practice, and Interdisciplinarity, presented by the HPI, under the guidance of its director, Dana Marsh. The Festival will host the founding of a national network of collegiate EMA chapters (under the name of IU’s founding chapter, Gamma Ut), a seminar on music entrepreneurship led by prominent figures in the field, a series of community events in Bloomington that coincide with the city’s bi-centennial celebrations, and an “Early Music, Late Night” open-mic event.

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​FESTIVAL LINEUP!

All Events are Free and Open to the Public
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5/18     CANCELLED: Robert D. Levin, fortepiano
Replaced by "Improvising Mozart", a lecture-performance on improvisation Levin delivered in 2012 at Cambridge University’s Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH).
5/19     Southern Indiana Old-Time Music Workshop
            Presentation on fiddler, Joe Dawson
            Bloomington Bach Cantata Project
5/20     Old-Time Music and Dance in Bloomington
5/23     19th Century Flutes demo & discussion
            HPI Goes PoP
5/24     Early Music Entrepreneurship Session
            Tarara
            Oberlin Baroque
            Sacred Music Project
5/25     Early Music Entrepreneurship Session
            B'more Bach Ensemble
            Rumore Terribile
            Melisande McNabney
            Voyage Sonique
            Early Music, Late Night
5/26     Instrument Petting Zoo & Concerts
            Bloomington Quarry Morris Dancers
            CWRU Baroque Ensemble
            USC Collegium Workshop
            Rachell Wong
            Adriana Ruiz
            Costanoan Trio
5/27     Les Ordinaires and Friends
            Festival Orchestra, led by Ingrid Matthews
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FESTIVAL ARTISTS

Read up on artist bios, including Robert Levin (fortepiano) Ingrid Matthews (violin), Mélisande McNabney and Jory Vinikour (harpsichord), Adriana Ruiz (soprano), Rachell Wong (violin), Grey Larsen (flute), and many others.
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FESTIVAL ENSEMBLES

Learn about the amazing ensembles, who will perform this year, including the Costanoan Trio, Les Ordinaires, Rumore Terribile, Voyage Sonique, B'More Bach Ensemble, CRWU Baroque, HPI goes POP!, Oberlin Baroque, Tarara, UCS Thornton School Collegium Workshop, and others.
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